Discriminate vs Undefined - What's the difference?
discriminate | undefined |
To make distinctions.
To make decisions based on prejudice.
To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
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Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As adjectives the difference between discriminate and undefined
is that discriminate is having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens while undefined is lacking a definition or value.As a verb discriminate
is to make distinctions.discriminate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Since he was colorblind he was unable to discriminate between the blue and green bottles.
- The law prohibits discriminating against people based on their skin color.
- (Cowper)
- To discriminate the goats from the sheep.
Usage notes
Due to the strong pejorative connotations of sense of “decide based on prejudice”, care should be taken in using the term in the sense “distinguish, make distinctions”, and this sense is primarily used in formal discourse; synonyms are generally used instead.Synonyms
(make distinctions) * distinguish * differentiateDerived terms
* discriminative * discriminatoryAdjective
(en adjective)- (Francis Bacon)
External links
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English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .